Yo thanks this dose work.  (o; haven't got to functions in the book yet

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Burnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Philip J. Newman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Checking for and @ and a .


> On 2/27/02 1:10 PM, "Philip J. Newman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to make an email field and I would like to check that its
valid
> > by checking for an @ and a . can someone point me in the right direction
for
> > this.
> >
> > THanks
> >
> >
> > Philip J. Newman
> > Philip's Domain - Internet Project.
> > http://www.philipsdomain.com/
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Phone: +64 25 6144012
> >
> >
> >
> Try this...
>
> function emailValidate ($str) {
>     $reg = "^([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)@([a-zA-Z0-9-])+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)+$";
>     if (eregi($reg, $str)) {
>         return true;
>     }else{
>         return false;
>     }
> }
>
> $addy = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> if (emailValidate($addy)) {
>     echo "valid";
> }else{
>     echo "Not Valid!";
> }
>
>
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